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What Matters Most On Saturday, January 6, 2024

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Smoke billows over northern Israel, amid ongoing cross-border clashes, as seen from the southern Lebanese village of Dhayra along the Israeli border. Below are buildings in the Lebanese town of Tair Harfa, January 5, 2024 (AFP)

Hezbollah fires dozens of rockets in ‘initial response’ to killing of Hamas leader

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Salvo of more than 40 projectiles sets off alarms in 90 Israeli communities; no injuries in strikes that targeted Mount Meron area; IDF hits terror infrastructure in response

Lebanon's Foreign Minister Abdullah Abu Habib (L), receives Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, in Beirut on January 6, 2024. (Anwar Amro/AFP)

In Lebanon, EU’s Borrell says ‘absolutely necessary’ country not dragged into war

By Agencies and Emanuel Fabian

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he boards a plane leaving Crete for Amman, on January 6, 2024, as part of the first leg of a trip that includes visits to both Israel and West Bank. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Jan. 6: Touring Mideast, Blinken says all regional countries should work to contain war

Nahal officer killed fighting in Gaza, bringing ground op toll to 176 * PM: Put ‘everything’ aside in order to defeat Hamas * Army says it hit 2 ‘significant’ Hezbollah compounds

9:35 pm

EU foreign minister meets with head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc while in Beirut
9:34 pm

Visiting Rafah crossing, progressive US senators say Israeli inspections slowing aid deliveries to Gaza
9:06 pm

IDF said to find cages in Gaza that Hamas is suspected of using to hold hostages

Gallant says time running out for diplomatic solution

Nasrallah warns northern Israel would be ‘first to pay price’ if full-blown war erupts

By ToI Staff and Agencies

In 2nd speech this week, Hezbollah chief vows response is coming on the killing of Hamas terror orchestrator Arouri, says Lebanon would be exposed if assassination went unanswered

An image grab from Hezbollah's al-Manar TV taken on January 5, 2024, shows the head of the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group Hassan Nasrallah delivering a televised speech, with a picture of killed Hamas's deputy chief Saleh al-Aruri to his left. (Al-Manar/AFP)

Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel supporters gather for a rally at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 14, 2023. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP)

Inside story'I fear it will get worse before it gets better'

Critics say US colleges’ double standards let rabid antisemitism thrive on campus

By Cathryn J. Prince

While praising the free exchange of dissenting opinions, alumni and faculty allege failure to enforce existing codes of conduct has made universities a hostile environment for Jews

Shmuly Yanklowitz

Faith leaders must help prevent another Jan. 6

To help instill confidence in the fairness of US elections, nothing beats a visit to the vote-counting facility where it happens

Richard D. Zelin

A golem for these troubling times

Rising antisemitism may or may not spur US Jews to realign politically. What is certain is the need to beef up protection

The Plasan production line at Kibbutz Sasa. (Courtesy)

'It goes out there hot off the line to save lives'

Shield of Israel: At evacuated Kibbutz Sasa, an armor factory toils to protect troops

Despite orders to leave the Lebanon border, Plasan employees work around the clock to create and deploy innovative solutions in real time, as the IDF battles on multiple fronts

Explainer

How the watermelon wound up as a symbol of Palestinian nationalism

Use of the fruit to signify the Palestinian flag has seen a resurgence since the outbreak of the war with Hamas, including on the sweatshirt of actress Jennifer Garner’s daughter

A pro-Palestinian activist holds a placard with images watermelon slices, during a demonstration in Johannesburg, south Africa on November 24, 2023. (Davide Longari/AFP)

Israel Defense Forces soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip, January 5, 2024. (IDF)

IDF hits over 100 Hamas targets as battles rage in Gaza; rocket hits Sderot building

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Military destroys rocket launchers in Hamas stronghold of Khan Younis, pursues terror squad attempting to attack tank in central Gaza’s al-Bureij

An airdrop of humanitarian aid to Gaza by Jordan and France on January 4, 2024. (Emmanuel Macron/X)

France and Jordan airdrop aid to Gaza as UN says Strip has become ‘uninhabitable’

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) shakes hands with Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Hakan Fidan during a meeting at Vahdettin, a private residence of the presidency, in Istanbul, on January 6, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool/AFP)

Blinken starts Mideast tour in Turkey in bid to prevent escalation into regional war

By Matthew Lavi

US secretary of state was expected to ask Erdogan to exert influence to restrain Iran, participate in planning for postwar Gaza reconstruction and governance

Israeli forces seized around NIS 10 million from nine money exchange branches in the West Bank overnight during a raid on companies found to be transferring funds to Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, December 28, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

US offers $10 million reward for info that thwarts Hamas financial network

By Reuters and Jacob Magid

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in a televised speech in which he called for a 'political solution' to the ongoing conflict with Israel, November 1, 2023. (Screenshot, Hamas Telegram channel)

Hamas chief Haniyeh tells Blinken to focus on ending Israeli ‘aggression’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Illustrative: This picture taken on July 17, 2023 shows a graffito in German and French reading 'Hail Hitler, death to Jews' and with a swastika, on a monument in memory of 55 people executed at this site by the Nazis in 1944 during World War II, in Ploeuc-L'Hermitage, some 20km south of Saint-Brieuc, western France. (Photo by Damien MEYER / AFP)

'I can no longer see myself living in France'

‘I’m afraid every day for my children’: As antisemitism soars, French Jews flee to Israel

By Romain Chauvet

With over 1,500 antisemitic incidents between Oct. 7 and mid-November – three times the reported number in the entire 2022 – more French Jews seek to escape the climate of fear

Then-Minister Benny Gantz, right, shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 25, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Lapid: This is not a cabinet, it's a national disaster

Gantz warns Netanyahu to choose unity or politics after cabinet attacks on IDF chief

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

War cabinet minister blames PM for allowing ministers to assail Halevi at raucous meeting; Gallant backs Halevi, also calls to stop playing politics with the IDF during war

Palestinians celebrating, near a destroyed Israeli tank at the Gaza Strip fence east of Khan Younis, October 7, 2023. (AP/Hassan Eslaiah)

Amid political uproar, IDF says probe of army’s failures is crucial for future fighting

By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Avi Shamriz (L) and Fouad Talalka, fathers of hostages killed by mistake by Israeli troops in Gaza, meet for the first time, in a report aired January 5, 2024. (Kan news screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Parents of 3 hostages mistakenly killed by IDF meet for the first time

In video, Alon Shamriz’s father says gathering should have been a party with their children; Samar Talalka’s father says he is kept up at night by thoughts of son

A general view of Doha on December 24, 2023. (Karim Jaafar/AFP)

Hostages’ families visit Qatar in bid to revive talks for return of their loved ones

Relatives of six Israelis kidnapped during October 7 terror onslaught make first such trip to Gulf emirate, which has been mediating negotiations between Israel and Hamas

A man walks by posters of people held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, on January 4, 2024. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Ad urging release of Israeli-American hostages to air in US this weekend

Victims’ relatives relive trauma, seek solace at site of rave massacre

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Families of those murdered and taken hostage by Hamas on October 7 return to the site of the Nova festival seeking answers, as trance music played in tribute

Relatives of victims and hostages captured or killed on Oct. 7 by Hamas at the Nova music festival, listen to a press conference at the site in Re'im, southern Israel, Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) president Sally Kornbluth speaks during a hearing of the US House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, December 5, 2023 in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

'Change doesn't necessarily mean her resignation'

Will MIT President Sally Kornbluth survive the campus antisemitism reckoning?

By Andrew Lapin

The third school head who testified in a controversial hearing last month faces pressure to resign as her peers did. But will her track record and Jewish engagement save her job?

Illustrative: A relative takes a photo of his family, members of the Bnai Menashe community, leaving for Israel at Tulihal Airport in Imphal, India, December 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Bnei Menashe community disputes Israeli reports of 7 killed in India violence

By Jordyn Haime

Crossed wires during a Knesset committee meeting may have led to a misunderstanding, say community leaders, stressing that their situation is dire enough without exaggerating it

Adi Dremer. (Dafna Talmon)

Adi DrimerEvacuated from Kibbutz Re'im to Eilat

'Home is my safe place. I know it sounds strange after October 7, but this place — it's me'

By Tamar Mor Sela

More Headlines

US President Joe Biden speaks at Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, on January 5, 2024. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)

Biden accuses Trump of echoing Nazis as he kicks off 2024 re-election campaign

By Mandel NGAN, Diane DESOBEAU and Danny Kemp

Turkey’s national intelligence organization MIT releases footage of its arrest of alleged Mossad spies on January 2, 2024. (Screen capture/X)

Turkish court rules to formally arrest 15 people suspected of ties to Mossad

By Reuters and ToI Staff

The Indian Navy thwarts a hijacking attempt of the MV Lila Norfolk in the Arabian Sea, January 5, 2024. (Indian Navy)

Indian Navy rescues ship crew from hijack attempt in Arabian Sea

Daniel Jadue in 2015. (Wikimedia commons)

Chilean mayor under fire for saying being Jewish is a ‘supremacist conception’

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Former US president Donald Trump points to supporters during rally December 19, 2023, in Waterloo, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

US Supreme Court to decide if states can keep Trump off 2024 presidential ballots

By Mark Sherman and Nicholas Riccardi

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a joint press conference with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (not pictured), in Tel Aviv, on December 18, 2023. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP)

Pentagon reveals US defense chief hospitalized after complications from procedure

By AFP

This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on December 19, 2023 shows the test launch of a Hwasongpho-18 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at an undisclosed location in North Korea. (KCNA VIA KNS / AFP)

US: Russia used North Korean ballistic missiles in Ukraine, seeks Iranian ones too

By Colleen Long and AAMER MADHANI

Shia LaBeouf arrives at the 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards, in Santa Monica, California, February 8, 2020. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Jewish-born actor Shia LaBeouf converts to Catholicism, intends to become deacon

By AP and ToI Staff

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